In continuing with our road trip up the west coast, the last few legs in Oregon included some of our favorite stops! We left Eureka and grabbed some breakfast at the Samoa Cookhouse. The historic cookhouse has been serving meals lumber-camp style since 1893. It’s the last remaining cookhouse in the west and a section of it has been turned into a logging museum! With a set rotating menu, it’s basically an all you can eat ‘home cooked’ meal! The day we went we enjoyed a breakfast of hash browns, eggs, sausages, and toast with biscuits and gravy. It was a pretty cool experience that set us back in time to the old logging days.
After breakfast, we headed straight for Redwood National Park.
We were in awe driving through these giant forests. These trees are considered mature at 500-1000 years old and can live to be 2000 years old! Man, the world is such an amazing place!
After a little exploring, we stopped at Humbug Mountain State Park. We parked in the campground and walked over to the black sand beach. Such a cool little hike and now we know why they filmed some of Jurassic Park in Northern California/Southern Oregon.
Humbug Mountain is one of the highest mountains in Oregon and it rises straight from the ocean. It’s a gorgeous sight and we had fun playing at the beach for a little bit.
Our next stop was a quick walk down to Thor’s Well, just outside of Yachats, Oregon. In Yachats (pronounced YAH-hots), we checked into one of our favorite hotels our entire trip, Deane’s Oceanfront Lodge.
This cozy family-owned motel was such a nice place to stop for the night. Each room had it’s own back porch access and was right on the beach!
After checking in, we backtracked a little to grab some dinner. We decided on The Drift Inn restaurant and I gotta tell ya, the pot pie was good but their COBBLER! I could go for that alone!
We made it back to watch the sunset from a few steps away from our room. The next morning was our latest check-out yet! We just couldn’t seem to leave. Walking the beaches and finding sand dollars was so relaxing and an amazing start to our day..
After we did finally get packed up, we drove to Newport, OR and stopped at Yaquina National Park.
We opted not to take the tour of the lighthouse but instead hiked down to the tide pools and the pebble beach.
After a good stretch of our legs, we drove on. We couldn’t drive through without a stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory!
Before stopping at our next hotel, we walked around Cannon Beach and listed off all our favorite Goonies quotes :D
That night, we stayed at The Tradewinds Condos and Hotel in Seaside. Super affordable, complete with a kitchen and view of the ocean. We were pretty pleased with this stay as well!
The next morning we got bagel sandwiches and smoothies from Bagels by the Sea. We went through the drive through on our way out but it was a fast, hot breakfast and we were definitely more than satisfied! Our next stop was Astoria! The actual home of the Goonies :) but also home of the Astoria Column!
The column is 125 ft high with 164 steps up to the observation deck. It was built in 1926 to celebrate the discovery, exploration, and settlement of the west. These days, you can purchase little airplanes from the gift stop and launch them from the top to see how far they go! You know we had to get in on this action.
We then drove across the above pictured bridge into Washington! The Astoria-Megler Bridge stretches 4.1 miles and is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America. We definitely tested Jon’s fear of heights a few times that day ;)
We stopped for the night in Seattle and after a morning of laundry and car cleaning, crammed as much tourist activities in as we could. We started with the market and roamed the aisles of fresh flowers and fresh fish! Always have to watch the men toss fish through the air! Then we wandered through the back and found the fun pig to draw with chalk on. We found the gum wall and then took a ride on the Great Wheel. There was a lot of construction, but it was fun to explore this little area downtown until it was time to head back to the hotel and rest up for the next leg of our trip.
Seattle was fun to explore but I think we got pretty used to those small coastal towns in Oregon that the sudden traffic and crowds was a little jarring for us haha. Maybe we’re turning into rural folks.
The next morning we left for Bellingham and boarded the ferry to Alaska! Which was a whole adventure all on it’s own. You can read about that here! This leg completed our time in the "lower 48" and we were definitely looking forward to getting closer and closer to our new home. Make sure to pin for future reference! And catch us on Instagram to see more of our day-to-day adventures! Make sure you get out and enjoy where YOU live!
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